Tag Archives: “Soviet Union”

Emeritus Professor Paul Dibb, higher education and the collapse of Soviet Union (updated)

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Alex

When I was asked about the upcoming lecture “Why did we get the collapse of the USSR so wrong?” by Emeritus Professor, the former Director of Australian Defense Intelligence Organization (DIO), former Head of Strategic Studies Center at ANU etc … Continue reading →

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Exercise in Translation

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Alex

Not in the traditions of this particular blog (if there are traditions), but the developments in the historical “Russian spy drama” just beg for some comments. A lot was said about what the “case” really is – the analyzes ranged … Continue reading →

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Artistic Truth

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Alex

I PLAN TO SIGNIFICANTLY UPDATE THIS POST IN THE NEAREST FUTURE . Aug 2022 Last Thursday I upset a visiting American professor (Mrs.(Prof) F.., Russian literature and honorable something somewhere important ). She was giving a lecture at ANU entitled … Continue reading →

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